2021 Cruising

21/4/2021

The Whitsundays

The past week has been spent enjoying the southern islands in the Whitsundays.

It has been quite windy so only short journeys have been undertaken.

From Shaw Island we made the short trip to Thomas Island one of our favourite islands in the Whitsundays with a choice of sandy beaches to walk on and clear water to swim really paradise.

Over the weekend we moved further south to Goldsmith Island the winds picked up and the water was choppy so luckily, we were not travelling far.  It is a little early in the year for the yearly migration of cruisers travelling north, so we had the bay to ourselves. There are a couple bays with beaches to explore but must say the beach at Minnie Hall Bay was the best a nice big beach to walk and the view was picturesque.

It was then a short hop further south to Brampton Island.  It is really sad to go ashore and see the abandoned resort deteriorating before your eyes. The resort must have been pretty spectacular in its hey day, such a nice outlook.  Sadly, the place has deteriorated even further from when we were there last year.

Today we headed further south again and have picked up a mooring in the channel between Keswick and St Bees, it is rather stunning so heading off in the dinghy soon to explore this rather pretty place.  Sadly there are now restrictions on visiting Keswick Island now from the lessees which is rather disappointing as there is supposed to be some great national park to explore.